Chapter Summaries

Lin Suchou, Luo Li, and Wen Qingxuan traveled toward Spirit Mountain while discussing which academy to attend and sharing wine. Wen Qingxuan confessed that she had fallen for Lin Suchou, leaving Luo Li waiting for him to respond as he pretended to be drunk.

• Lin Suchou reached a Level 5 Spirit Body while helping Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan reach Level 4, and he discussed Northern Cang Spirit Academy and Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy with them.
• Wen Qingxuan brought out wine as the three rested near a stream and drank together.
• Wen Qingxuan admitted she regretted not taking Lin Suchou away when they first met and said she liked him despite his beautiful companion.
• Luo Li realized Wen Qingxuan was confessing to Lin Suchou, but Lin Suchou kept pretending to be drunk instead of answering.

Lin Suchou answered Wen Qingxuan’s confession by embracing both her and Luo Li, then arrived at Spirit Mountain and earned the Spirit Crown Holder title. After choosing Northern Cang Spirit Academy and leaving for the Trial Realm, he left Wen Qingxuan behind to ask Dean Taicang to admit her there too.

• Wen Qingxuan confessed that she liked Lin Suchou and asked whether he would choose her or Luo Li, but Lin Suchou declared that he wanted them both and kissed them.
• Lin Suchou arrived at Spirit Mountain in a carriage with Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan, where the students gathered for the final ceremony.
• Tian Sheng announced the King Rank assessments: Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan received King titles, while Lin Suchou earned the Spirit Crown Holder title with 133 Blood Tokens.
• The five deans activated the array, and Lin Suchou absorbed the Spirit Road Empowerment before choosing Northern Cang Spirit Academy and entering the Trial Realm.
• After Lin Suchou left, Wen Qingxuan asked Dean Taicang to let her enter Northern Cang Spirit Academy.

Lin Suchou arrived in the Northern Spiritual Realm, sold his Spirit Road spoils, and spent a week learning new arts and spirit arrays. He then traveled to the Black Nether Abyss to find Jiu You, where he uncovered a pitch-black orb of light beneath a boulder.

• Lin Suchou emerged in the Great Thousand World at the Early Fusion Heaven Realm and received rewards from the system for his intimacy with Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan.
• Lin Suchou flew to South City in the Mu Domain, sold his unwanted Spirit Road items for over two million Spirit Coins, and learned his location.
• Lin Suchou bought a map and spent a week studying his rewards, cultivating Dragon Phoenix Town Spirit Bell to its first level, and becoming a Level 3 Spirit Array Master.
• Lin Suchou left the inn and rode the little mare to the Black Nether Abyss, where he found signs that Jiu You had failed her tribulation and was recovering in a Volcanic Crater.
• Lin Suchou entered the crater and shattered several boulders, revealing a pitch-black orb of light.

Lin Suchou formed an equal contract with Jiu You and gave her Phoenix treasures to help her undergo the Black God Tribulation. Jiu You survived, emerged from her egg in human form, and thanked him, leaving the two bound as partners.

• Lin Suchou used an ancient scroll and his essence blood to form an equal contract with Jiu You, then stopped her attack through the contract’s punishment.
• Lin Suchou offered Jiu You the Golden Sacred Phoenix Spirit Essence and Heaven Ranking Phoenix Clan Essence Blood, and she accepted them to attempt her tribulation.
• Jiu You absorbed the treasures, broke out of her giant egg, and faced the Black God Tribulation as Lin Suchou sheltered himself and the little mare with the Dragon Phoenix Town Spirit Bell.
• Jiu You endured the thunder for half an hour and emerged as a naked human woman, then put on a blue cheongsam and thanked Lin Suchou.

Lin Suchou traveled with Jiu You to a bandit stronghold, where he found the Spirit Array Diagram he sought and looted the treasury. After burning the stronghold, he headed for the Mu Domain with Jiu You and the strengthened Luo Ling Heavenly Horse, arriving before sunset.

• Lin Suchou introduced himself to Jiu You, who agreed to look after him and accompany him to retrieve a Spirit Array Diagram.
• Lin Suchou and Jiu You reached the Mang Yin Mountain Range and confronted the bandits at their stronghold.
• Yang Gui led Lin Suchou to the hidden treasury, where Lin Suchou killed him and found the Demon Lotus Spirit Slaughter Array Diagram.
• Lin Suchou collected the treasury’s Spirit Coins and Spirit Arts, gave the Nine-Beard Blood Ginseng to the little mare, and explained Spirit Arrays to Jiu You.
• Lin Suchou had Jiu You burn the stronghold, then traveled toward the Mu Domain and arrived at its main city before sunset.

Lin Suchou visited Mu Chen in Mu Domain and learned that Mu Chen could not cultivate the Great Pagoda Art left by his mother, leading him to suspect she was not Mu Chen’s biological mother. Mu Feng arrived to explain the truth, leaving Lin Suchou, Mu Chen, and his companions poised to hear the family secret.

• Lin Suchou arrived at Mu Mansion, where Mu Chen welcomed him and invited him to share wine and food.
• Mu Chen showed Lin Suchou the Great Pagoda Art scroll left by his mother and said he could not cultivate it.
• Lin Suchou suspected Mu Chen was not Qing Yan Jing’s biological son, and Mu Chen admitted he had reached the same conclusion.
• Mu Chen shared his sadness about not knowing who his biological mother was, and Lin Suchou urged him to ask Mu Feng for an explanation.
• Mu Feng arrived, acknowledged Lin Suchou, and said he had come to explain the matter to Mu Chen.

Mu Feng told Mu Chen that he had lied about Qing Yan Jing being his mother and revealed that Hong Ling was his biological mother. Mu Chen left to find her, while Lin Suchou accepted the cultivation scroll Mu Feng had received from Qing Yan Jing.

• Mu Feng recounted how he had met and cared for the injured Qing Yan Jing, then pretended she was Mu Chen's mother to deter the Liu Domain.
• Mu Chen confronted Mu Feng about the lie, and Mu Feng admitted that Mu Chen's real mother was Hong Ling, the current Domain Lord of the Hong Domain.
• Mu Chen realized Hong Ling was his biological mother and left Mu Mansion to find her.
• Lin Suchou reassured Mu Feng, then said he would check on Mu Chen while keeping the truth confidential.
• Mu Feng gave Lin Suchou the Black Scroll as a meeting gift, and Lin Suchou accepted it after pretending to refuse.

Lin Suchou watched Mu Chen reunite with Hong Ling, then returned to the Mu Domain and learned that Jiu You could take him to the Great Luo Heaven Domain for training. He fell asleep as she explained the powerful factions there.

• Lin Suchou secretly watched Mu Chen meet Hong Ling, who revealed that she was his biological mother, and the two reunited.
• Hong Ling introduced Mu Chen to her daughter, who was stunned to learn that her childhood friend was her younger brother.
• Lin Suchou gained a Goddess Contract with Jiu You and received Fire Spirit Pills and a Blazing Sparrow Array diagram.
• Lin Suchou returned to the Mu Domain and told Mu Feng that Mu Chen had acknowledged Hong Ling.
• Lin Suchou asked Jiu You where he could train, and she offered to take him to the Great Luo Heaven Domain.

Lin Suchou bid farewell to Mu Chen and left the Northern Spiritual Realm for a journey toward the Tian Luo Continent. A month later, he began absorbing Jiu You's Fire seed, and the Dragon Phoenix Town Spirit Bell helped suppress its power.

• Lin Suchou met Mu Chen in the Hong Domain, shared a meal with him, and learned that Mu Chen also planned to attend Northern Cang Spirit Academy.
• Lin Suchou gave Mu Chen a Spirit-tier Spirit Art and told him he had wiped out Mang Yin Mountain, which had troubled the Mu Domain.
• Lin Suchou said goodbye to Mu Chen, then rode Jiu You out of the Northern Spiritual Realm and promised to meet him at Northern Cang Spirit Academy.
• After a month of travel, Lin Suchou began absorbing Jiu You's Purple Flame Fire seed on a mountain in the Blazing Flame Continent.
• Lin Suchou summoned the embryonic Dragon Phoenix Town Spirit Bell to calm the Fire seed, shocking Jiu You with its True Dragon and True Phoenix pressure.

Lin Suchou and Jiu You reached Tian Luo Continent and entered the Great Luo Heaven Domain, where Jiu You returned to her territory after a long absence. The chapter left them at Jiu You Palace as she looked forward to seeing Bing'er and Rou'er, unaware that her palace was in danger.

• Lin Suchou succeeded in drawing the Dragon Phoenix Spirit Suppressing Bell's power into his Qi Sea, and he and Jiu You continued their journey.
• After a month of travel and several teleportation arrays, Lin Suchou and Jiu You reached Great Luo Heaven, headquarters of the Great Luo Heaven Domain.
• Jiu You presented her Token to the Black Armor Guards, who recognized her as Jiu You King and let the pair pass.
• The guards discussed Jiu You's return and the threat to Jiu You Palace, including Cao Feng's defection to the Blood Eagle King.
• Jiu You led Lin Suchou to her territory beneath Bird-shaped Mountain and looked toward the palace, wondering how Bing'er and Rou'er had fared.

Lin Suchou returned with Jiu You to Jiu You Palace and learned that Tang Bing and Tang Rou had kept it running despite dwindling funds and lost territory. He promised to reclaim everything in three years, then received rewards for his increased intimacy with Jiu You.

• Jiu You reunited with Tang Bing and Tang Rou, who had managed Jiu You Palace in her absence.
• Tang Bing told Jiu You that Cao Feng had defected to the Blood Eagle King and that Jiu You Palace had lost much of its stipend and territory.
• Jiu You introduced Lin Suchou as the person who had helped her pass her tribulation, and he said he had come to join the palace.
• Lin Suchou promised to train for three years before helping Jiu You Palace reclaim its losses.
• Lin Suchou received multiple cultivation and combat rewards after his intimacy with Jiu You exceeded 55.

Over a year after joining Jiu You Palace, Lin Suchou reached the Heaven Reaching Realm Early Stage and became a Low-grade Human-tier Spirit Array Master. He proved his skills to Jiu You by defeating Zhao Wu with a prepared Spirit Array, and Jiu You acknowledged his progress.

• Lin Suchou gave the Tang Bing sisters twenty thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, resolving Jiu You Palace’s urgent crisis and earning a Sacred Item Enhancement Card when his intimacy with Jiu You reached 60.
• After more than a year of cultivation, Lin Suchou reached the Heaven Reaching Realm Early Stage, became a Low-grade Human-tier Spirit Array Master, and helped his Luo Ling Heavenly Horse advance to the Huatian Realm Middle Stage.
• Tang Rou summoned Lin Suchou to train with Jiu You and Tang Bing, who had assembled several thousand Jiu You Guards.
• Lin Suchou chose Zhao Wu, a Body Tribulation cultivator, for a spar and initially fought him with the Spirit Phoenix Spear Arts.
• Lin Suchou used a prepared Low-grade Human-tier Spirit Array to trap Zhao Wu, who conceded the match.
• Jiu You praised Lin Suchou for tempering his combat skills before using his Spirit Array, and Lin Suchou thanked her for the Spirit Gathering Array.

Lin Suchou visited Jiu You’s treasure hall, shared a farewell with her, and left to travel to Northern Cang Continent. After three months of touring and cultivating a newly acquired Divine Art, he arrived with a month remaining before Northern Cang Spirit Academy’s Northern Cang Realm assessment.

• Jiu You took Lin Suchou to her treasure hall, where he teased her and they nearly kissed before Tang Rou interrupted them.
• Jiu You kissed Lin Suchou and saw him off as he left to develop his cultivation in Northern Heavens.
• Lin Suchou set monthly rankings to keep the Jiu You Guards at one thousand members and gave Tang Bing the remaining Supreme Spirit Liquid to support Jiu You Palace.
• The system rewarded Lin Suchou with the Great Divine Art Void Piercing Stab and a Nether Sparrow Spirit Flame Formation diagram after his intimacy with Jiu You exceeded 70.
• Lin Suchou toured several continents while traveling, cultivated Void Piercing Stab, and arrived at Northern Cang Continent three months later.

Lin Suchou arrived at the Northern Cang Spirit Academy and reunited with Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan, and Mu Chen at the new students’ gathering. After greeting Mu Chen’s companions, he spotted former Spirit Road rivals, including Yang Hong.

• Lin Suchou entered the Northern Cang Spirit Academy after obtaining a pass in Northern Cang City.
• At the new students’ gathering, Wen Qingxuan worried that Lin Suchou would not come, while Luo Li waited for him.
• Lin Suchou arrived, received a Spirit Value Card from the White-Bearded Old Man, and embraced Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan.
• Lin Suchou reunited with Mu Chen and met Tang Qian’er, Hong Ling, and Song Yuqing.
• Lin Suchou recognized the Shi Family Brothers and Ge Hai, then saw Yang Hong on the opposite platform.

Lin Suchou arrived at Northern Cang Spirit Academy, where Yang Hong challenged him over their past in the Spirit Road before Elder Bai stopped the confrontation. After Elder Bai announced the Freshman Tournament and revealed Lin Suchou’s Spirit Crown Holder status, Mu Ling became the mentor for Lin Suchou’s group.

• Lin Suchou noticed that Yang Hong, Bing Qing, and Mu Kui had all reached the Heaven Fusion Realm, and Yang Hong accused Lin Suchou of costing him the Spirit Road Empowerment.
• Lin Suchou teased Wen Qingxuan about adding Bing Qing to their family, then warned Yang Hong that he could fight him if he was ready to die.
• Yang Hong gathered spiritual energy to attack Lin Suchou, but Elder Bai intervened and announced that the Freshman Tournament would take place in a month.
• When freshmen questioned why Lin Suchou had skipped the Northern Cang Realm assessment, Elder Bai explained that Spirit Crown Holders could bypass it, and the crowd recognized Lin Suchou as the Spirit Road’s victor.
• Elder Bai welcomed the freshmen to Northern Cang Spirit Academy and explained that they would be assigned to the Freshman District.
• Mu Ling introduced herself as the mentor for Lin Suchou’s group, while Mu Chen stepped in front of his sister Hong Ling after noticing Lin Suchou look her way.

Mu Ling showed the new students their residential area and explained how Spirit Value determined access to stronger Spirit Gathering Arrays. Lin Suchou used his large Spirit Value balance to choose a Grade A pavilion, though the two-person limit left his plans with Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan uncertain.

• Mu Ling explained that the new students had been assigned Grade C rooms and that better residential areas cost Spirit Value.
• Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li revealed their Spirit Value balances, and Lin Suchou discovered that his Jade Token held one hundred thousand Spirit Value.
• Lin Suchou teased Wen Qingxuan about sharing a room and sleeping together, while Luo Li urged them to stop bickering.
• Mu Ling described ways to earn Spirit Value, including entering the Thunder Domain to make Heavenly Thunder Beads.
• Lin Suchou chose a Grade A pavilion despite Mu Ling explaining that each pavilion held at most two people, and Mu Chen and Ye Qingling chose Grade B rooms.

Lin Suchou settled into the Grade A residences at Northern Cang Spirit Academy and looked for a way to earn Spirit Value. He brought Luo Ling to the Thunder Domain, hoping she could run freely and condense Heavenly Thunder Beads.

• Mu Ling led Lin Suchou and the other King Rank students into the Grade A area, where Lin Suchou chose a lakeside residence and paid 2,000 Spirit Value.
• Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li took the upstairs rooms, while Lin Suchou explored the academy’s goods and spotted Northern Darkness Dragon-Kun Essence Blood as a future gift for Jiu You.
• Lin Suchou considered earning Spirit Value through the academy rankings but decided the Thunder Domain suited Luo Ling better.
• Lin Suchou invited Luo Ling to run and condense Heavenly Thunder Beads in the Thunder Domain, and she eagerly agreed.
• At the Thunder Domain entrance, an older student explained that each Heavenly Thunder Bead was worth 200 Spirit Value, and Lin Suchou entered to try his luck.

Lin Suchou rode little mare through the Thunder Domain to its tenth layer, searching unsuccessfully for the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun before returning. His feat won Song Hao a large betting pool, and Lin Suchou received six hundred thousand Spirit Value, bringing his total to seven hundred thousand.

• Song Hao bet that Lin Suchou would reach the fifth layer of the Thunder Domain, drawing more than a hundred senior students into the wager.
• Lin Suchou rode little mare up to the eighth layer, then used the Underworld Sparrow Spear to break through to the tenth layer in search of the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun.
• Lin Suchou found no trace of the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun and flew back down, while the Thunder Domain Tablet announced that he had reached the tenth layer.
• Song Hao won the bet and collected 1.2 million Spirit Value from the other students, then gave Lin Suchou half of his winnings.
• Lin Suchou accepted six hundred thousand Spirit Value from Song Hao, raising his total to seven hundred thousand.

Lin Suchou teamed up with Song Hao to profit from betting on his future fights and agreed to help collect Song Hao’s unpaid debts. Back at the loft, Lin Suchou interrupted Wen Qingxuan’s alchemy and playfully carried her downstairs, while Luo Li continued cultivating.

• Lin Suchou accepted Song Hao’s proposal to arrange betting pools around his Heaven Ranking challenges and the Freshman Tournament.
• Song Hao revealed that the Green Red Society and Demon Gate owed him Spirit Value, and Lin Suchou promised to help him collect it.
• Lin Suchou returned to the loft and watched Wen Qingxuan finish refining pills in her Alchemy Cauldron.
• Lin Suchou tasted one of Wen Qingxuan’s pills, spat it out after she teased him, and playfully carried her downstairs as Luo Li returned to cultivating.

Lin Suchou and Wen Qingxuan consummated their relationship, and he gave her phoenix-themed Divine Artifacts while asking her about alchemy. Their private moment ended when Mu Chen rose to third on the Spirit Soul Ranking, stirring Northern Cang Spirit Academy.

• Lin Suchou set up an Illusion Array and slept with Wen Qingxuan, who demanded that he take responsibility for her afterward.
• Lin Suchou received system rewards for surpassing intimacy thresholds with Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li, including phoenix blood, phoenix accessories, and Luo Li's skirt.
• Wen Qingxuan explained the requirements and ranks of alchemists after Lin Suchou asked her to teach him.
• Lin Suchou gave Wen Qingxuan the Phoenix Spirit Hairpin and Phoenix Spirit Earrings, and she accepted them.
• Mu Chen's name rose to third on the Spirit Soul Ranking, causing an uproar among the students at Northern Cang Spirit Academy.